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University Relations
Photo Gallery
Confucius Institute Signing
October 11, 2007
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| Gov. Bob Riley addresses Chinese and American officials during a ceremony Thursday in Beijing announcing the establishment of the Confucius Institute at Troy University. The Institute will expand the Chinese language and cultural education, provide business and industry ties to China and expand the use of the Governor’s Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, or ACCESS, program to Alabama high schools. |
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| Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. (left) and Hebei University of Science and Technology President Tang Shengling sign the formal agreement establishing the Confucius Institute at Troy University Thursday in a ceremony in Beijing, China. The purpose of the Confucius Institute at Troy University is to expand the Chinese language and cultural education, provide business and industry ties to China and expand the use of the Governor’s Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, or ACCESS, program to Alabama high schools. |
Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. and President Tang Shengling of Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, TROY’s academic partner in the Confucius Institute at Troy University, congratulate each other during a ceremony Thursday in Beijing. Helping officiate the ceremony that included the signing of a formal agreement, are Gov. Bob Riley, background left, and First Lady Patsy Riley, and a number of public officials in the Peoples Republic of China. |
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| Participating in a traditional Chinese toast concluding a formal agreement to establish the Confucius Institute at Troy University are, left to right, TROY Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr., Gov. Bob Riley, First Lady Pasty Riley and Jin Baoshuan, director of higher education in Hebei Province, where TROY’s academic partner, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, is located. |
Participating in a ceremony to officially establish the Confucius Institute at Troy University are, left to right front row, Gov. Bob Riley, First Lady Patsy Riley, Troy University Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr., TROY Board of Trustees President Pro-tem Dr. Doug Hawkins, and Trustee Gerald Dial, director of the Rural Alabama Council. The purpose of the Confucius Institute at Troy University is to expand the Chinese language and cultural education, provide business and industry ties to China and expand the use of the Governor’s Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators and Students Statewide, or ACCESS, program to Alabama high schools. |
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